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Lighter is a perpetual trading protocol that introduces a scalable, secure, transparent, non-custodial, and verifiable order book trading infrastructure within the Ethereum ecosystem. As an application-specific zk-rollup, it employs advanced cryptographic techniques and data structures. Lighter significantly improves the security and fairness of order book trading with its verifiable matching engine, ensuring scalable and efficient market price discovery. Thus, Lighter lays the groundwork for creating new, high-performance, and secure digital trading platforms.
Lighter Founder: All Economic Value of Lighter Will Flow to the Token, with the Equity Structure Converted to a Token Structure at TGE
Lighter founder Vladimir Novakovski published an article on X this morning titled "Equity and Tokens."In the article, Novakovski clarified that all economic value generated by Lighter will belong to token holders.Lighter's original intention has always been to use venture capital to bootstrap the project until the moment of token issuance. Lighter is a U.S. company and exists as a single entity — the entity that issued equity in the years leading up to TGE is the same entity that issued tokens at TGE. Apart from converting to a token cap table at TGE, the equity cap table will have no further function in the future.More specifically, Lighter completed its final equity financing round a few months before TGE, which was oversubscribed by approximately 5 times, attracting over $300 million in capital interest against a $68 million allocation. At that time, all equity stakeholders (including early investors and former employees) were informed of the future plan — that their equity value would only be reflected as holdings on the token cap table — and were given the opportunity to sell their equity stakes. Anyone who disagreed with the philosophy that "all value belongs to the token" could easily exit at a higher valuation. Ultimately, less than 1% of equity holders chose to sell their shares, while the rest chose to stay, thereby supporting Lighter's commitment to "value accruing to the token."
Fun Raises $72 Million in Series A Funding, Led by Multicoin Capital and SignalFire
According to Fortune, payments infrastructure startup Fun has announced a $72 million Series A funding round, co-led by Multicoin Capital and SignalFire, with participation from Infinity Ventures, Pharsalus Capital, and Justin Mateen, co-founder of Tinder. Fun primarily provides cryptocurrency and fiat deposit/withdrawal infrastructure for platforms such as Polymarket, Lighter, and Aave, processing over $18 billion in annual payments. The company plans to use the new funds to expand its team of approximately 30 people.
Lighter CEO Says DeFi Should Not Be Viewed as an Adversary to Regulators, AI May Drive Financial Democratization
Odaily News: At the inaugural meeting of the U.S. CFTC's Innovation Advisory Committee, Lighter CEO Vladimir Novakovski stated that DeFi has long been misunderstood and should not be viewed as an adversary to regulators. DeFi transactions are recorded on-chain in a verifiable manner, which helps regulators in areas such as transparency, consumer protection, and market fairness. Vladimir Novakovski noted that decentralized, verifiable finance has the potential to become an important part of the U.S. financial infrastructure in the future, particularly in terms of cybersecurity and operational resilience. He added that the industry should push for more technology to evolve toward open-source, verifiable tech stacks. He also stated that AI has the opportunity to drive financial democratization, allowing users to construct bundled trading or investment strategies through AI based on their own judgments about the macroeconomy, industries, and other fields—capabilities that were previously mainly available to high-net-worth individuals and professional fund managers.Vladimir Novakovski pointed out that the main risk AI faces in the financial sector is consumer protection risk—for example, users not understanding how AI models actually function, or models being promoted with misleading claims. Therefore, before AI models are deployed at scale for consumers, it is necessary to establish appropriate sandbox mechanisms and verify the validity and formal verifiability of the models.
Lighter Founder Appointed to CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee
Odaily Odaily: Lighter founder and CEO Vladimir Novakovski posted on X: "As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, I am proud to have been building Lighter here from the very beginning. This year, I have also started doing my small part — serving as a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Innovation Advisory Committee."Odaily Note: The Innovation Advisory Committee was established to advise the CFTC on complex issues at the intersection of technology, law, policy, and finance.
Robinhood Chain Mainnet Launches, Simultaneously Introducing Tokenized Stocks, Perpetual Contracts, and AI Agent Trading
Robinhood has announced the official launch of the public mainnet for its proprietary Layer 2 network, Robinhood Chain. Built on the Arbitrum technology stack, the chain is positioned as an institution-grade, permissionless, AI-native network specifically designed for Real World Assets (RWA).Robinhood Chain's launch partners include Uniswap, Pleiades, Alchemy, BitGo, and Chainlink. Among them, Uniswap will deploy a dedicated AMM on the chain as the primary public liquidity protocol, while Pleiades will deploy its own AMM as the primary proprietary trading venue. The chain will also offer basic DeFi functionalities such as lending.Eligible users can trade tokenized stocks 24/7 on Robinhood Chain. Simultaneously, Robinhood Earn will introduce USDG-based decentralized lending products within the main app. In certain jurisdictions, the new version of Robinhood Wallet will also support access to Lighter's perpetual contract trading.Robinhood also announced the expansion of its European perpetual contract product range, its official entry into the Canadian market, and the acquisition of a Singapore Capital Markets Services license. Furthermore, Agentic Accounts for crypto trading are planned to begin rolling out in the US soon, allowing AI agents to participate in trading and fund management.Robinhood stated that this update represents its most ambitious global expansion and product vision to date, with the goal of establishing a more direct connection between traditional finance and DeFi, integrating stocks, crypto, RWA, perpetual contracts, and AI trading into a unified financial experience. (The Block)
Bankless founder: Regrets not buying more LIT
Bankless founder David Hoffman posted on X, expressing regret for not buying more Lighter (LIT).Hoffman explained that the logic behind investing in Lighter is simple:1. Exchanges have always been the best business model in the crypto industry;2. Perpetual contracts are still a brand-new track, far from reaching maturity;3. Building an exchange based on zkL2 is currently the structurally optimal solution, offering high security, low operating costs, and high profit margins;4. The product itself is also the strongest on the market, with the lowest latency, the lowest execution costs, and full transparency;5. The engineering team is highly capable, having solved all the technical challenges;6. The company is headquartered in the United States, operates in compliance, and this market remains a largely untapped blue ocean;7. It also serves as an option betting on the "Tokenization of compliant assets";8. Founder Vlad is in the right circles, knows the right people, and has the ambition to do great things.
An address associated with early Ethereum contributor billΞ.eth withdrew 500,000 LIT, worth $2.07 million
Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, an address (0xC31...23fb) associated with early Ethereum contributor billΞ.eth withdrew 500,000 LIT from the Lighter protocol 2 hours ago, worth $2.07 million. Lighter is the Perp DEX built into Robinhood Wallet, and its trading volume has increased recently, with LIT up over 97% in the past month.
6 months profit of $14.93 million: A whale sells 92,200 VVV and holds 4.74 million LIT
Odaily News: According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale purchased 102,200 VVV at $7.87 six months ago. After the price rose today, the whale sold 92,200 VVV at $25.75, earning $2.37 million. The whale still holds 10,000 VVV worth $259,500, having realized a profit of $1.83 million.Over the past three months, the whale also spent $11.3 million to buy 4.74 million LIT at an average price of $2.39, which is currently worth $24.4 million, representing a paper profit of $13.1 million. The whale has made a total profit of $14.93 million from VVV and LIT.
Total profit reached $14.163 million, with maxlong.hl's LIT long position showing unrealized gains of $12.6 million
Odaily News: According to HyperliquidNews monitoring, maxlong.hl holds a long position of 4,999,999 LIT tokens with an average entry price of $2.6418. The current unrealized profit stands at $12.6 million, with additional realized gains exceeding $3.6 million on Hyperliquid. This wallet has been setting new personal bests in PnL on a daily basis, with total profits reaching $14.163 million and 30-day earnings of $7.98 million. It currently ranks 223rd among all Hyperliquid wallets.
Bankless founder sells all ETH, reallocates to ZEC and LIT, both significantly outperforming ETH
Odaily News DeFi researcher Ignas posted on X: "After David Hoffman (Bankless founder) sold his ETH, he reallocated his portfolio into some of the best-performing tokens, such as LIT and ZEC. NEAR also performed well, and only VVV underperformed the broader market. Although the market was full of fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) at the time, and it was also very close to the ETH bottom, the goal of aggressive crypto investors has always been to outperform BTC and ETH. Well done, David."Previously reported, Bankless co-founder David Hoffman announced in June this year that he had sold all his ETH and bought VVV, NEAR, ZEC, HYPE, and LIT.
Data: Robinhood Chain stock token market cap surpasses $50 million, with holder addresses doubling since the start of the month
Odaily News: On-chain analyst Tom Wan stated on platform X that the total market capitalization of Robinhood stock tokens has reached $50 million, and the number of holders with positions valued over $1 has doubled since the beginning of the month. Additionally, the integration of Robinhood Chain stock tokens with DeFi continues to expand, now connected to DEXs such as Uniswap, Arcus, Deepstate, and Rialto, as well as Lighter perpetual contracts and the Morpho lending protocol.
Hyperliquid LIT's largest short position opens 20x long on Bitcoin, closes SOL and AVAX shorts
Odaily News: According to Hyperbot data, Hyperliquid LIT's largest short position opened a new 20x leverage long position on Bitcoin this morning, currently holding 230.52942 BTC with unrealized profit of approximately $172,000. In addition, all SOL and AVAX short positions have been closed, while the 3x leverage LIT short position still holds 2.528 million LIT, with unrealized losses of $5.13 million.As of now, among this whale's positions, the long side is valued at approximately $32.25 million and the short side at approximately $85.4 million, with overall unrealized losses of approximately $4.778 million and a return on investment of -40.15%.
Lighter repurchased a total of 927,800 LIT in August, LIT up over 15% in 24 hours
Odaily News Lighter team released the project's August data summary. In August, Lighter's open interest (OI) exceeded $1 billion, with trading volume reaching approximately $39.5 billion, and its global market share in perpetual contract trading volume continued to rise month-over-month. The independent trading platform built by Robinhood in partnership with Lighter also achieved significant growth in August, with total trading volume reaching approximately $5 billion and total accounts surpassing 21,000, generating approximately $500,000 in total trading fees for the month. Additionally, Lighter repurchased a total of 927,800 LIT tokens in August.According to OKX market data, Lighter is currently trading at 4.42 USDT, up over 15.16% in the past 24 hours.
Floating loss of $5.605 million; Hyperliquid's largest LIT short position adds $2.5 million in margin
Odaily News According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, Hyperliquid's largest LIT short position added $2.5 million in margin today, with a current floating loss of $5.605 million. The short position holds 2.528 million LIT tokens, valued at approximately $8.9 million, with an entry price of $1.3. After LIT was listed on Upbit today, its price surged briefly, prompting the short position to add margin to reduce liquidation risk. Currently, the margin for this single position stands at $7.16 million, with a liquidation price of $5.78.
Upbit to List LIT/KRW Trading Pair
According to the official announcement, Upbit will list the LIT/KRW trading pair.
Lighter Founder: All Economic Value of Lighter Will Flow to the Token, with the Equity Structure Converted to a Token Structure at TGE
Lighter founder Vladimir Novakovski published an article on X this morning titled "Equity and Tokens."In the article, Novakovski clarified that all economic value generated by Lighter will belong to token holders.Lighter's original intention has always been to use venture capital to bootstrap the project until the moment of token issuance. Lighter is a U.S. company and exists as a single entity — the entity that issued equity in the years leading up to TGE is the same entity that issued tokens at TGE. Apart from converting to a token cap table at TGE, the equity cap table will have no further function in the future.More specifically, Lighter completed its final equity financing round a few months before TGE, which was oversubscribed by approximately 5 times, attracting over $300 million in capital interest against a $68 million allocation. At that time, all equity stakeholders (including early investors and former employees) were informed of the future plan — that their equity value would only be reflected as holdings on the token cap table — and were given the opportunity to sell their equity stakes. Anyone who disagreed with the philosophy that "all value belongs to the token" could easily exit at a higher valuation. Ultimately, less than 1% of equity holders chose to sell their shares, while the rest chose to stay, thereby supporting Lighter's commitment to "value accruing to the token."
Lighter has been integrated into Robinhood Wallet, allowing users to trade perpetual contracts directly through the wallet.
Lighter officially announced on X that Lighter has now been integrated into Robinhood Wallet. Through this wallet, users can access native in-app perpetual contracts and tokenized stock trading supported by Lighter, and use USDG as the base quote asset.
Robinhood Chain Mainnet Launches, Simultaneously Introducing Tokenized Stocks, Perpetual Contracts, and AI Agent Trading
Robinhood has announced the official launch of the public mainnet for its proprietary Layer 2 network, Robinhood Chain. Built on the Arbitrum technology stack, the chain is positioned as an institution-grade, permissionless, AI-native network specifically designed for Real World Assets (RWA).Robinhood Chain's launch partners include Uniswap, Pleiades, Alchemy, BitGo, and Chainlink. Among them, Uniswap will deploy a dedicated AMM on the chain as the primary public liquidity protocol, while Pleiades will deploy its own AMM as the primary proprietary trading venue. The chain will also offer basic DeFi functionalities such as lending.Eligible users can trade tokenized stocks 24/7 on Robinhood Chain. Simultaneously, Robinhood Earn will introduce USDG-based decentralized lending products within the main app. In certain jurisdictions, the new version of Robinhood Wallet will also support access to Lighter's perpetual contract trading.Robinhood also announced the expansion of its European perpetual contract product range, its official entry into the Canadian market, and the acquisition of a Singapore Capital Markets Services license. Furthermore, Agentic Accounts for crypto trading are planned to begin rolling out in the US soon, allowing AI agents to participate in trading and fund management.Robinhood stated that this update represents its most ambitious global expansion and product vision to date, with the goal of establishing a more direct connection between traditional finance and DeFi, integrating stocks, crypto, RWA, perpetual contracts, and AI trading into a unified financial experience. (The Block)
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An address associated with early Ethereum contributor billΞ.eth withdrew 500,000 LIT, worth $2.07 million
Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, an address (0xC31...23fb) associated with early Ethereum contributor billΞ.eth withdrew 500,000 LIT from the Lighter protocol 2 hours ago, worth $2.07 million. Lighter is the Perp DEX built into Robinhood Wallet, and its trading volume has increased recently, with LIT up over 97% in the past month.
6 months profit of $14.93 million: A whale sells 92,200 VVV and holds 4.74 million LIT
Odaily News: According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale purchased 102,200 VVV at $7.87 six months ago. After the price rose today, the whale sold 92,200 VVV at $25.75, earning $2.37 million. The whale still holds 10,000 VVV worth $259,500, having realized a profit of $1.83 million.Over the past three months, the whale also spent $11.3 million to buy 4.74 million LIT at an average price of $2.39, which is currently worth $24.4 million, representing a paper profit of $13.1 million. The whale has made a total profit of $14.93 million from VVV and LIT.
Total profit reached $14.163 million, with maxlong.hl's LIT long position showing unrealized gains of $12.6 million
Odaily News: According to HyperliquidNews monitoring, maxlong.hl holds a long position of 4,999,999 LIT tokens with an average entry price of $2.6418. The current unrealized profit stands at $12.6 million, with additional realized gains exceeding $3.6 million on Hyperliquid. This wallet has been setting new personal bests in PnL on a daily basis, with total profits reaching $14.163 million and 30-day earnings of $7.98 million. It currently ranks 223rd among all Hyperliquid wallets.
Loracle calls on Robinhood CEO: Hopes to coordinate market makers to add liquidity for PONS/USDG
Odaily News, Loracle posted on X platform calling on Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, hoping he would coordinate market makers to add liquidity for the PONS/USDG market on Lighter.Previously, Loracle had built a related trading Vault based on Lighter, executing trades through an off-chain Keeper. Loracle stated that since the market quickly approached its set safety OI limit, the Vault will gradually build positions in the future.According to Hyperbot data, Loracle currently still holds approximately 27.75 million PONS short positions at 3x leverage, with a position value of approximately $21.77 million, and floating losses exceeding $3.3 million.
Lighter has completed the repurchase of 17.5 million LIT tokens, accounting for 7% of the circulating supply
Odaily News: Lighter officially announced on X that since the TGE, the Lighter protocol has completed the repurchase of 17.5 million LIT tokens through programmatic buybacks, representing 7% of the circulating supply.
Bankless founder sells all ETH, reallocates to ZEC and LIT, both significantly outperforming ETH
Odaily News DeFi researcher Ignas posted on X: "After David Hoffman (Bankless founder) sold his ETH, he reallocated his portfolio into some of the best-performing tokens, such as LIT and ZEC. NEAR also performed well, and only VVV underperformed the broader market. Although the market was full of fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) at the time, and it was also very close to the ETH bottom, the goal of aggressive crypto investors has always been to outperform BTC and ETH. Well done, David."Previously reported, Bankless co-founder David Hoffman announced in June this year that he had sold all his ETH and bought VVV, NEAR, ZEC, HYPE, and LIT.